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September 26, 2009 (#119)- The Family Show
Secret Life of an Australian Mother (Chapter 4 - Punish with a Loving Heart)
Eurydice Aroney, Tom Morton, and Stuart Brown - Producers, ABC
A domestic mini-opera. In this chapter: Mum decides it’s time to set some boundaries – and Angelo and George soothe their parents nerves with a little gentle music.
Interview with Eurydice Aroney
Eurydice talks about the genesis of the Secret Life of an Australian Mother and how the project changed her relationship with her son George.
I'm Not Emo
Josetta Adams - Producer, WNYC's Radio Rookies
with Kaari Pitkin and Sanda Htyte
Josetta Adams is seventeen and going goth in a hiphop world. Her family doesn’t get it. “It” being not just her choice in music and clothes but also her burgeoning identity.
The Lacey Study
Andrew Bergmann and J. Alexander Cohen - Independent Producers
The Laceys live in Brooklyn. Oliver DeWitt, a graduate student, has been recording all their interactions, intimacies, and issues for his dissertation (and our listening pleasure). The Laceys are actually ficticious, but their concerns, their secrets, their tensions, and tiffs are straight out of Family Life 101.
Secret Life of an Australian Mother (Chapter 6 - Control Your Temper
Eurydice Aroney, Tom Morton, and Stuart Brown - Producers, ABC
One more chapter from the domestic mini-opera. The parenting manuals advise us to take a break from our children now and then, and enjoy some time by ourselves. Well, it’s all very well for Dad, who’s off for a few days amongst the vineyards – but there’s no rest for Mum. George regales her with the Song of 1000 Coffins. She takes Angelo and George down the park with their friends – and there’s nothing George loves like a brush with danger.
Featured Music:
Melodium, "3_untitled_2" (Autres Directions in Music)
Tone Traeger, "Deuter," This is Not Here (Quatermass Belgium, 2004)
Melodium, "6_untitled_4" (Autres Directions in Music)
Melodium, "Ichtio," Parthenay EP (Autres Directions in Music)
Melodium, "Ichtio (remixed by Matenai and Mimao)," Parthenay EP (Autres Directions in Music)
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Check out the Lacey Study website and find out about Andrew and J. Alexander's plans to produce more episodes of the delightful series. |
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September 19, 2009 (#102)- The Radio Ballads Show
Originally aired October 4, 2008
Between 1958 and 1964, eight "Radio Ballads" were created at the BBC by producer Charles Parker, and musicians Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. The Ballads wove sounds, voices, and music into a dense sonic tapestry, and they explored everything from the lives of coal miners to the lives of teenagers, focusing mainly on communities that weren’t often heard from on the radio. The Ballads changed the way people thought about (and listened to) radio forever.
In 2006, the idea was revived with another series of Ballads, produced by John Leonard and John Tams with Sarah Parker, the daughter of Charles. Today we'll sample from some of the original Ballads and some of the newer ones, and we’ll talk with Sarah Parker about her father, the art of documentary-making, and her unique relationship to the historic project.
The Ballad of John Axon (1958)
(Excerpt)
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Lyrics and music
Charles Parker - Producer, BBC
The Ballad of John Axon chronicled the life of British hero John Axon, a train driver who died when he refused to abandon his runaway train, saving the lives of others at the expense of his own.
Singing the Fishing (1960)
(Excerpt)
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Lyrics and music
Charles Parker - Producer, BBC
Singing the Fishing focused on the herring fishing communities in Northumberland, Durham, South Wales and the East Midlands.
The Big Hewer (1961)
(Excerpt)
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Lyrics and music
Charles Parker - Producer, BBC
The Big Hewer took Parker, MacColl, and Seeger down into the coal pits to interview British coal miners.
The Body Blow (1962)
(Excerpt)
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Lyrics and music
Charles Parker - Producer, BBC
The Body Blow explored the psychology of pain, and the lives and limitations of five people afflicted by Polio.
The Enemy That Lives Within (2006)
(Excerpt)
John Leonard and John Tams with Sara Parker - Producers, BBC
Music by Jez Lowe and Julie Matthews
Six people living with HIV/AIDS share their stories in this modern ballad produced in 2006.
Lord God Bird (2005)
Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister - Producers, Longhaul Productions
And now, a different sort of ballad. And an amazing coincidence: without knowing anything about the BBC Radio Ballads project, Longhaul Productions set out to do pretty much the exact same thing.
Featured Music:
Calexico, "Pepita," Feast of Wire (Quarterstick, 2003)
Chihei Hatakeyama, "Bonfire on the Field," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
Kallikak Family, "Guitar 2," May 23rd 2007 (Tell All Records)
Luc, "Ete," Pea of the Sea
Melodium, "Untitled 4" (Autres Directions in Music)
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Find out lots and lots more about the BBC Radio Ballads project, including the history of the Ballads (both new and old), and credits for all contributors. |
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Read a WHOLE BOOK about the Radio Ballads by Peter Cox, who calls them "the most compelling series of radio programs ever made" (!) |
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Learn more about Peggy Seeger, folk singer, activist, and super-talented multi-instrumentalist who composed music for the original Ballads. |
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Hear more "Song Stories" by Long Haul Productions. |
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September 12 , 2009 (#101)- The Disappearing Show
Originally aired September 13, 2008
The Boy Who Never Returned
Myfanwy Davies and Steve Wadhams - Producers, Maritime Magazine (CBC)
In 1967, Dickie Hovey left his home in rural New Brunswick to set off for the big city. Dickie was 17 years old and a talented musician. His friends and family never heard from him again.
The Beauty of Bulldog
Julie Kimberley - Producer, Street Stories (ABC)
Julie Kimberley’s job, as a radio reporter, is to tell the story of other people’s lives. But in this documentary, she stayed much closer to home, turning the mic on the familiar instead of the new. Years ago, her brother Matt Lawson suffered an serious brain injury. Julie decided to revisit the accident, which, in a split second, altered the future of the entire family.
Featured Music:
Park Avenue Music, "Strawberry Magnet," By Hearts + Horses (Clairecords, 2008)
Melodium, "Flacana 5," Flacana Flacana (Audio Dregs, 2006)
Illoin, "Ask the Dust," Pinafore (Notenuf, 2002)
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Hear more documentaries from Nova Scotia on Maritime Magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Listen to more documentaries from Street Stories on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. |
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We've featured Julie Kimberley's work on the show before. Hear Epic, Painful, Long, Scary on Re:sound 76.
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September 5, 2009 (#118)- The Working Show
Few people get by in this life without working. It’s what most of us do for half our waking lives. And for some people, much more than that. It’s how we feed our families, define ourselves and contribute to the world. Almost everything we see and hold and use is the product of someone else’s labor somewhere else in the world. We just don’t often get to know these people. Today we do.
We're dedicating the whole hour to profiles from the Working series by Homelands Productions, and we’re talking with Jonathan Miller, the executive producer of the series. From a lobster diver in Honduras to a chocolate taster in France to a movie director in Nigeria and beyond, the stories reveal the workaday world in all its globalized complexity, one person at a time.
Agus Laodi
Kelly McEvers- Independent Producer
Job: Pirate
Location: Belakang Padang, Indonesia
Income: $0 - $2,000/operation
Expenses: $100/operation
Operations: 6/year
Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen
Jonathan Miller - Independent Producer
Job: Movie director
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Income: about $10,000/film
Nickname: The Governor
Dream: To build his own studio
Blair Ghent
Chris Brookes - Independent Producer
Job: Oil worker
Location: Alberta, Canada
Income: $6,000/month
Commute: 3,000 miles
Dream: To work closer to home
Chloe Doutre-Roussel
Jonathan Miller - Independent Producer
Job: Chocolate taster
Location: Paris, France
Day rate: about $2,000
Consumes: about 1 lb. chocolate/day
Romulo Greham
Claudine LoMonaco - Independent Producer
Job: Lobster diver
Location: Mosquito Coast, Honduras
Income: $3,000 - $6,000/year
Hazards: Joint pain, paralysis, death
Dream: To find a safer job
Laowang
Sandy Tolan - Independent Producer
Job: Express mail driver
Location: Beijing, China
Income: $55/week
Dream: To support his daughter's dreams
Featured Music:
Melodium, "Social Phobia," Anaemia (Audio Dregs, 2004)
Chihei Hatakeyama, "Bonfire on the Field," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
Amon Tobin, "Defocus," Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
Chihei Hatakeyama, "Towards a Tranquil Marsh," Minima Moralia (Kranky, 2006)
E-Rock, "Living, Breathing, Etc," Conscious (Audio Dregs, 2003)
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Re:sound is collecting sounds from listeners to feature on the show. So... record some sounds at work and send us an mp3!
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